Ukrainian-Russian war news, the mayor of Mariupol, Vadym Boychenko, has launched a new call for the “total evacuation” of the southern Ukrainian city which, according to Moscow, is under the control of Russian forces. “We only need one thing: the total evacuation of the population. About 100 thousand people remain in Mariupol,” the mayor said on national television. “All the buildings in the Azovstal territory are practically destroyed. (The Russians, ed) drop heavy bombs, anti-bunker bombs that cause enormous destruction. We have injured and died inside the bunkers. Some civilians are trapped under the collapsed buildings. “. This is the testimony collected by the BBC of the deputy commander of the Azov Battalion, Svyatoslav Palamar, who is in the besieged Mariupol steel plant.